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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I use groups?</h1></div>
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    <p>Groups are subsets of participants for a given site. Groups can be created on an ad-hoc basis by instructors in course sites or by owners or administrators in collaboration sites. Groups are useful to organize study groups, project teams, and other non-official subsets of site participants. In course sites, each course roster section behaves like a group (i.e., group-aware tools recognize the section as a group).</p>
<p>You can use groups to make site content available to specific site participants. For example, a <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiaddanannouncement">private announcement can be made available to a group</a> and an email notification can be sent to members of that group. You can also use groups to <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoienablegroupsubmissionsforanassignment">create group assignments</a>, or <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiviewandmodifythesettingsofanassessment">limit access to a test or quiz with settings for specific groups</a>.</p>
<p>For information on creating and editing groups, see <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoicreategroups">How do I create groups?</a></p>
<p><em>Note: If an assignment or assessment has been released to specific groups, changing which groups have access to the assignment, or modifying/deleting a group after students have begun work is not allowed.</em></p>
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    <p>You can use groups with the tools listed below.  The descriptions of how groups can be used are linked to Help articles that show how to enable group access.</p>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Announcements</h3>
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    <p><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiaddanannouncement">Post announcements for specific group(s).</a></p>
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<li><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoienablegroupsubmissionsforanassignment">Create group assignments, where one member of the group submits on behalf of the group (pictured above).</a></li>
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<p><em>Note: If an assignment has been created as a group assignment or released to groups, changing the groups who can submit it, or modifying or deleting a group after students have begun work on the assignment is not allowed.</em></p>
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    <p><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiaddanewtopic">Automatically create multiple topics for groups.</a></p>
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    <p><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoisendamessage">Send a private message to a specific group.</a></p>
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    <p><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoicreateagroupfolderinresources">Limit access to file(s) and folders to specific group(s).</a></p>
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    <p><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiadditemstothecalendar">Schedule events for specific groups only.</a></p>
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    <p><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoicreateameeting">Set up office hours or meetings which are visible only to specific group(s).</a></p>
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    <p><a href="content.hlp?docId=whataretheavailabilityandsubmissionsoptionsforanassessment">Limit access to a test or quiz for specific group(s). </a></p>
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